Dual crashes shut down multiple lanes on I-95 near 45th Street
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Two crashes, one southbound, one northbound, have closed multiple lanes of I-95 near the 45th Street exit in West Palm Beach. According to FL511, the Northbound crash occurred just after 4 p.m., blocking three right lanes just after the 45th Street exit. The...
Girl who survived a shark attack is recovering
9-year-old Leah Lendel was snorkeling in the waters off Boca Raton when she was bitten by something.
Florida man who drove through restaurant to charge his EV caught a different kind...
HOBE SOUND, Fla - A Florida man accused of driving his electric car through a popular Palm Beach County restaurant to ‘charge up’ his car at the bar is facing criminal charges. The backstory:. According to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office, last month Evan Scott Bobal, 23, drove...
Northlake Boulevard road closure: residents brace for traffic nightmare
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — A traffic nightmare is brewing in western Palm Beach County, where thousands of residents are preparing for a major road closure at a busy intersection. Northlake Boulevard will soon shut down at the CSX railroad crossing right at the Beeline Highway, and residents...
Indian River County now under moderate drought
The weekly drought monitor released Thursday morning for Florida shows a mix of good and bad news. The good news is that no areas of Florida are under an extreme drought. However, conditions haven't shown much improvement in Palm Beach County and have actually gotten worse in Indian River County, where there is now a...
Child advocates enhance care for trafficked youth in foster system through CHANCE Program
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Child advocates work tirelessly to improve care for victims and survivors of human trafficking who are also living in foster care. Their programs provide therapy and support for children in care as well as young adults in extended foster care. They also train foster parents to have the...
Higher rain chances this weekend
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Overnight, it will be partly cloudy with lows in the mid-upper 70s. Saturday, we will see a slight uptick in rain chances, again along the coast in the morning, moving to the inland areas and around the lake in the afternoon. Highs near 90 with a heat index of 100 in the afternoon hours.
Hot and humid weekend with isolated showers
30% chance for a coastal morning shower and 50% chance for an afternoon inland storm. Highs in the upper 80s beaches to lower 90s inland,. Scattered coastal morning showers and afternoon inland storms. Wind: ESE 10-15 mph. Highs near 90. PREVIOUS VERSION. It's a rinse and repeat forecast for us...
Developer’s ex-wife gets probation in $2.88M tax evasion case linked to Palm Beach hotel
Former Palm Beach resident Maria “Mia” Matthews — the ex-wife of former Palm House hotel developer and convicted felon Robert “Bob” V. Matthews — has been sentenced in Connecticut for federal tax evasion to a year’s probation and a $6,000 fine. She had pleaded guilty in 2019 after being charged in 2018 with a single...
Community members march 20 miles to honor veterans suffering with PTSD
With June being PTSD awareness month, non-profit DoYouGiveARuck? hosted their 6th annual Operation Shell Shock event. The organization's mission is to raise awareness and raise funds for our veterans.
